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Constantine (2005)

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Reviews Counted:214

Fresh:98

Rotten:116

Average Rating:5.5/10

Consensus: Despite solid production values and an intriguing premise, Constantine lacks the focus of another spiritual shoot-em-up, The Matrix.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for violence and demonic images

Runtime: 2 hr.

Genre: Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror

Theatrical Release: Feb 18, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $75.5M

Synopsis: John Constantine has been to hell and back. Born with a gift he didn't want, the ability to clearly recognize the half-breed angels and demons that... John Constantine has been to hell and back. Born with a gift he didn't want, the ability to clearly recognize the half-breed angels and demons that walk the earth in human skin, Constantine was driven to take his own life to escape the tormenting clarity of his vision. But he failed. Resuscitated against his will, he found himself cast back into the land of the living. Now, marked as an attempted suicide with a temporary lease on life, he patrols the earthly border between heaven and hell, hoping in vain to earn his way to salvation by sending the devil's foot soldiers back to the depths. But Constantine is no saint. Disillusioned by the world around him and at odds with the one beyond, he's a hard-drinking, hard-living bitter hero who scorns the very idea of heroism. Constantine will fight to save your soul but he doesn't want your admiration or your thanks--and certainly not your sympathy. All he wants is a reprieve. When a desperate but skeptical police detective enlists his help in solving the mysterious death of her beloved twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists just beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles. Caught in a catastrophic series of otherworldly events, the two become inextricably involved and seek to find their own peace at whatever cost. [More]

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Djimon Hounsou

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Djimon Hounsou, Max Baker, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Gavin Rossdale, Tilda Swinton, Peter Stormare, Larry Cedar, Edward J. Rosen, Ann Ryerson, Suzanne Whang, April Grace, Sharon Omi, Jose Zuniga, Francis Guinan, Alice Lo, Nicolas Downs, Jeremy Ray Valdez, Johanna Trias, Tanoai Reed, John Gipson, Laz Alonso, Barbara Pilavin, Jesse Ramirez, Quinn Buniel, Stephanie Fabian, Connor Dylan Wryn, Jose Molina, C.W. Pyun, Roberto Kawata

Director: Francis Lawrence , Francis Lawrence (II)

Director: Francis Lawrence , Francis Lawrence (II)
Screenwriter: Kevin Brodbin , Frank Cappello
Producer: Akiva Goldsman , Lauren Shuler Donner , Michael Aguilar , Richard Donner
Studio: Warner Bros.

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An enjoyable revelation.

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment 1 Comment
Jul 7, 2010
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

A very satisfying film.

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
Apr 29, 2009
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

The prime conceit of the movie is its gallows humor that seeps out like clotting blood from a decomposing corpse.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
Apr 18, 2009
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Blazes few new trails and bogs down in a confusing narrative muddle.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Brian Lowry
Brian Lowry
Variety
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Rachel Weisz gives it her best shot, but she can't save the messy script from its own feelings self-importance.

Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

I deeply loathe the Heaven-and-Hell genre to which this cinematic comic-book spectacular belongs.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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It's just sad that a movie ostensibly based on a frequently intelligent comic book should end up a no-brainer.

Full Review Source: Film4 | comment Comment
Aug 22, 2008
Daniel Etherington
Daniel Etherington
Film4

Halfway through Constantine, a fully clad Keanu Reeves steps into a shallow pail of water, sits on a chair next to it and holds a cat in his lap.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
Aug 22, 2008
Richard Corliss
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
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This film combines elements of comic book fantasy with horror to create an enjoyable brew - sort of a film noir version of The Exorcist, crossbred with the stylization of The Matrix.

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment Comment
Jul 7, 2008
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
ESplatter

Peaks early, then descends into portentous nonsense.

Full Review Source: Newsweek | comment Comment
Nov 5, 2007
David Ansen
David Ansen
Newsweek
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While decidedly no one's idea of the John Constantine of the comics (who was originally modelled on Sting), Reeves acquits himself well enough.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
Jul 30, 2007
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

A kind of gothic guerilla warfare, with moody demonologist John Constantine caught in between.

Full Review | comment Comment
May 21, 2007
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press

full review in Greek

Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
Oct 3, 2006
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

Entirely beyond redemption.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
Jun 24, 2006
Time Out

Reeves, meanwhile, has confidently entered his self-parodic period.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
May 12, 2006
Ken Tucker
Ken Tucker
New York Magazine
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While lacking the richness of its source material, it remains an enjoyable, immoral and sometimes beautifully Gothic tale.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
Apr 1, 2006
Empire Magazine

A little too muddled and erratically paced to command much interest. While some of the effects are cleverly worked-up, the picture seems more often to be on CGI autopilot.

Full Review Source: MTV | comment Comment
Feb 7, 2006
Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder
MTV

It's occasionally cheesy, sometimes enjoyable, intermittently scary, and constantly spiked with celestial blatherskite.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
Jan 17, 2006
Sydney Morning Herald

Virtually anyone but Reeves would have made a better John Constantine.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
Sep 26, 2005
Tasha Robinson
Tasha Robinson
AV Club

"Constantine" isn't about the people of the story and only uses the story as a reason to blow things up.

Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment Comment
Aug 7, 2005
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy
 
 
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